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The American Heart Association’s recommended daily allowance of sugar:

spoonful of sugar

•3 teaspoons of added sugar for children

•6 teaspoons of added sugar for women

•9 teaspoons of added sugar for men

If you consider a can of coke or glass of orange juice can contain around nine teaspoons, then take into account all the hidden sugars in our food… That’s above and beyond : O

JUST SO YOU KNOW
The average American consumes about 152 pounds of sugar a year. That’s roughly 22 teaspoons every day for every person in America. To make matters worse, kids consume about 34 teaspoons every day — that’s more than two 20-ounce sodas — making nearly one in four teenagers pre-diabetic or diabetic.

THE REAL SKINNY
Even though the American Heart Association has a recommended daily allowance, ” the REAL SKINNY is that just a spoonful of sugar will set you in a tailwind spiral downward into the abyss of addiction of the worst kind and beyond.”jb

It’s no wonder America’s health is doomed and health care makes a fortune.

For years I’ve been playing around with recipes trying to make healthier versions that would satisfy and remain tasty to the palate. My mother had mastered this art after my dad’s heart attack when trying to prepare Cuban and Turkish culinary dishes that were heart healthy that my dad could and would eat. She had a knack for bringing out the flavor in food without all the fat, and cholesterol that would clog his arteries and still feed him the food he loved to eat.